Francis Ford Coppola Winery

2016

Francis Coppola Reserve Petite Sirah Dessert Wine

Taste Profile

The palate boasts fragrant flavors of raspberries, Luxardo cherries, gingerbread, and toasted wood

$42.00

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Wine Notes

Winemaker Notes
Harvest Notes

The 2016 vintage was characterized by staggered ripening and a harvest period that was spread out over many weeks, creating a slow pace that allowed the winemaking team to devote more attention to each batch of fruit. This extra care is reflected in the exceptional quality of the fruit, which demonstrates excellent flavor concentration and ripe tannins. Though the varietal typically boasts nuances of blackberries, plums, cherries, and dark chocolate, these flavors are transformed a bit through the fortification process, creating additional notes of spices and caramelized wood.

Once the grapes for this wine are harvested, they are placed in special tanks and allowed to only partially ferment before a clear neutral brandy is added to the wine to stop fermentation from completely converting the sugar. This is what creates a sweet wine as opposed to a traditional dry table wine. Our Petite Sirah Dessert Wine is aged in small oak barrels for an extended cellaring period in order to ease the tannins and heighten flavor complexity.